2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI wish someone had fact-checked Pence's claim that the Clinton Foundation
only spent 10 cents on the dollar on charitable work.
It's a favorite rightwing lie and no one answered it.
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)the higher number indicative of the money spent on the actual program.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)LSK
(36,846 posts)calimary
(81,466 posts)It's actually almost exactly the other way around. The Clinton Foundation gives I think 88% of the money it raises to the overseas aid programs for which it says it raises the money. According to the independent CharityWatch.org, anyway:
https://www.charitywatch.org/ratings-and-metrics/bill-hillary-chelsea-clinton-foundation/478
I hope there's fact-checking.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)overhead. A popular RW talking point which is a lie. It has not been used for a "pay to play" Trump scheme.
calimary
(81,466 posts)raising funds in New York by the state attorney general.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/03/politics/trump-foundation-cease-and-desist/